Western Digital SATA 400GB aka Disk1 is offline and cant read

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"Dave B." wrote:

> No such thing as Windows Home Media Center, Media Center is actually a sub
> set of XP Pro.
> Was this a dynamic disk?
>
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> > Was running Windows Home Media Center and upgraded via fresh install of
> > Vista
> > Home Premium. In Disk Management, my secondary WD hard drive known as Disk
> > 1
> > is not online. I tried Diskpart to try to bring it online, nothing. In
> > Disk
> > Management I selected disk 1 and right clicked and it does't allow me to
> > import or bring online. Only option is to convert to basic and loose data
> > and
> > properties. I took the drive out and connected to another Windows XP Home
> > PC
> > and disk managment states that its foriegn. Still can't being it online.
> > The
> > drive was working perfectly before the upgrade. This was my backup drive
> > and
> > would hate losing the data stored on it. What am I missing?

>
>
>

Well, from what I can tell with the research I did since your post (because
I was curious about Vista dynamic disk support), all versions of Vista
support dynamic disks (where as XP Home did not, only Pro), but I can't find
any info about moving a dynamic disk from XP Pro to Vista.
Depending on how important the data is you can manually convert the disk
back to basic if you find no other solution.
http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1806
Maybe someone with more knowledge on the subject will come along.

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"Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Yes
>
> "Dave B." wrote:
>

>> No such thing as Windows Home Media Center, Media Center is actually a
>> sub
>> set of XP Pro.
>> Was this a dynamic disk?
>>
>> --
>> ----
>> Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> http://www.db-pc.com
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A06184C5-DE03-40E6-9306-8FE1998F2E5F@microsoft.com...

>> > Was running Windows Home Media Center and upgraded via fresh install of
>> > Vista
>> > Home Premium. In Disk Management, my secondary WD hard drive known as
>> > Disk
>> > 1
>> > is not online. I tried Diskpart to try to bring it online, nothing. In
>> > Disk
>> > Management I selected disk 1 and right clicked and it does't allow me
>> > to
>> > import or bring online. Only option is to convert to basic and loose
>> > data
>> > and
>> > properties. I took the drive out and connected to another Windows XP
>> > Home
>> > PC
>> > and disk managment states that its foriegn. Still can't being it
>> > online.
>> > The
>> > drive was working perfectly before the upgrade. This was my backup
>> > drive
>> > and
>> > would hate losing the data stored on it. What am I missing?

>>
>>
>>

Thanks for your help Dave.

What I did to solve the problem was to rebuild the XP Home Media Center. I
was able to get the data off and onto a basic drive. Once I got all the data
copied, I rebuilt Vista and reformatted the drive. So now all is well as I
await the release of various drivers and other software.

Robert

"Dave B." wrote:

> Well, from what I can tell with the research I did since your post (because
> I was curious about Vista dynamic disk support), all versions of Vista
> support dynamic disks (where as XP Home did not, only Pro), but I can't find
> any info about moving a dynamic disk from XP Pro to Vista.
> Depending on how important the data is you can manually convert the disk
> back to basic if you find no other solution.
> http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1806
> Maybe someone with more knowledge on the subject will come along.
>
> --
> ----
> Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> http://www.db-pc.com
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8370075C-5714-43F2-B601-1820B32F3899@microsoft.com...

> > Yes
> >
> > "Dave B." wrote:
> >

> >> No such thing as Windows Home Media Center, Media Center is actually a
> >> sub
> >> set of XP Pro.
> >> Was this a dynamic disk?
> >>
> >> --
> >> ----
> >> Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
> >> How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >> http://www.db-pc.com
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:A06184C5-DE03-40E6-9306-8FE1998F2E5F@microsoft.com...
> >> > Was running Windows Home Media Center and upgraded via fresh install of
> >> > Vista
> >> > Home Premium. In Disk Management, my secondary WD hard drive known as
> >> > Disk
> >> > 1
> >> > is not online. I tried Diskpart to try to bring it online, nothing. In
> >> > Disk
> >> > Management I selected disk 1 and right clicked and it does't allow me
> >> > to
> >> > import or bring online. Only option is to convert to basic and loose
> >> > data
> >> > and
> >> > properties. I took the drive out and connected to another Windows XP
> >> > Home
> >> > PC
> >> > and disk managment states that its foriegn. Still can't being it
> >> > online.
> >> > The
> >> > drive was working perfectly before the upgrade. This was my backup
> >> > drive
> >> > and
> >> > would hate losing the data stored on it. What am I missing?
> >>
> >>
> >>

>
>
>

I was gonna suggest that too, but it seemed like allot of work, but ya gotta
do what you gotta do. Still haven't found a definite answer on Vista dynamic
drive support.

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"Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your help Dave.
>
> What I did to solve the problem was to rebuild the XP Home Media Center. I
> was able to get the data off and onto a basic drive. Once I got all the
> data
> copied, I rebuilt Vista and reformatted the drive. So now all is well as I
> await the release of various drivers and other software.
>
> Robert
>
> "Dave B." wrote:
>

>> Well, from what I can tell with the research I did since your post
>> (because
>> I was curious about Vista dynamic disk support), all versions of Vista
>> support dynamic disks (where as XP Home did not, only Pro), but I can't
>> find
>> any info about moving a dynamic disk from XP Pro to Vista.
>> Depending on how important the data is you can manually convert the disk
>> back to basic if you find no other solution.
>> http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1806
>> Maybe someone with more knowledge on the subject will come along.
>>
>> --
>> ----
>> Crosspost, do not multipost http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> http://www.db-pc.com
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8370075C-5714-43F2-B601-1820B32F3899@microsoft.com...

>> > Yes
>> >
>> > "Dave B." wrote:
>> >
>> >> No such thing as Windows Home Media Center, Media Center is actually a
>> >> sub
>> >> set of XP Pro.
>> >> Was this a dynamic disk?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ----
>> >> Crosspost, do not multipost
>> >> http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> >> How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
>> >> How to Post http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>> >> http://www.db-pc.com
>> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> "Robert" <Robert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:A06184C5-DE03-40E6-9306-8FE1998F2E5F@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Was running Windows Home Media Center and upgraded via fresh install
>> >> > of
>> >> > Vista
>> >> > Home Premium. In Disk Management, my secondary WD hard drive known
>> >> > as
>> >> > Disk
>> >> > 1
>> >> > is not online. I tried Diskpart to try to bring it online, nothing.
>> >> > In
>> >> > Disk
>> >> > Management I selected disk 1 and right clicked and it does't allow
>> >> > me
>> >> > to
>> >> > import or bring online. Only option is to convert to basic and loose
>> >> > data
>> >> > and
>> >> > properties. I took the drive out and connected to another Windows XP
>> >> > Home
>> >> > PC
>> >> > and disk managment states that its foriegn. Still can't being it
>> >> > online.
>> >> > The
>> >> > drive was working perfectly before the upgrade. This was my backup
>> >> > drive
>> >> > and
>> >> > would hate losing the data stored on it. What am I missing?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>

>>
>>
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